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Spectrum, 1959-10-30

Spectrum, 1959-10-30

the spectrum complete ompus overage university of buffalo friday october 30 1959 number 6 volume 10 homecoming queen honored chancellor furnas greets linda benson lee carlson is appointed house committee chairman the first major decision of the student union board this year was to name a house committee the committee which controls the use of the physical facilities of norton hall while faced with five applicants for house committee chairman it was pointed out by board president jim riley at a meeting monday that only one met all the require ments of the constitution this being the case lee carlson the only constitution al candidate was appointed chairman and the other four names were approved as can didates for vice chairman of the house committee the next major item involved the appointment of this year's sil ver ball committee the board named a chairman and ten com mhtee members from those appli cants that were qualified these names will be released in a forth coming issue pending notification of the appointees following these two items there was a discussion of the union board's invitation pol icy to the major school dances silver ball homecom ing and spring weekend it was stated that approximate ly 100 complimentary tickets were presented to the students the board is now clarifying its policy and will publish it in entirety in the near future as a last bit of business the board considered the plans for the six members going to the regional association of college unions con ference in new york city the sub-committee personnel named by student senate the student senate has an nounced its sub-committees for this year as follows finance chairman norman pawlewski janice kruszynski and bill daniels student activity chairman connie kopler beth marsley ma rianne hasler berry berlin helen luloff helen hosay martin pack ard and richard adams elections chairman myron woldman david schmidt carl snitzer trudi genco donald fo resta florence martin charles magowitz jerry sekula donald starkey sandra hamsher law rence newhouse art mass mi chael unterueger and paul evans national student association steering dick mardirosian co ordinator william brennison ka thy gee karen schorb lance fogan jan riley frank wolfisch student public relations chair man theresa danko rick ganter dorene lyon margery barden sybil parker leon buczkowski micki levine shelley finesmith enid friedman bob giaguinto leslie foschio joyce rosen dave cohen carol bernhardt and pat hasenstab student academic affairs chairman gina wilson christa prugel ed mattar barry weber margaret finch student welfare jack freed man bob friedman marilyn hu gan jean manto and joan conroy general grounds chairman al walker anthony catanzaro nan cy millerschoen eugene tulich and chuck hudson members of the secretariat are chairman liz goering sandra johnson and sharon walters subjects hail linda benson at homecoming linda benson a lovely brown-eyed blonde was named homecoming queen for 1959 last friday linda was crowned at the dance held in norton hall by camille aver saro and debbie londers last year's court a graduate of mount st mary's academy linda is enrolled in the medical technology course linda said she entered the contest at the request of friends i never believed i had a chance she commented phyllis clement one of the al ternates is a graduate of st mary's seminary and hopes to be a math major patricia erker also an alternate is working to ward a physical education major patricia also graduated from mount st mary's academy the queen and her court reigned during the gala homecoming weekend highlights included the football game where linda was crowned by chancellor furnas and the alumni coffee hour after the game the weekend ended with the homecoming dance held at klein nans saturday night here the queen was presented with a silver bowl as a momento of her reign summing up her impressions linda said that it was a great honor to be chosen and it af forded her an opportunity to de velop closer relationships with the other contestants the other eight contestants were bunnie baumann patricia hasen stah beverly hauser karen kra mer maryana ksieniewich ly nore leone linda liftlander and rosanna segina student is fined 15 after tower rally by anthony drake a bunch of boys were whooping it up outside the tower dorm at two in the morning of october 25th this wednes day evening minus the whoop one of the leaders of the group faced punitive action from the five-man student judiciary committee charged with assisting in the creation of an unnecessary and unseemly disturbance the stud ent a senior in the school of arts and sciences was under tempor ary suspension pending the com mittee's decision specifically on the night in question head resident mcguire was awakened by a group of 20 to 30 students carolling lustily outside the tower dorm and cooke hall drawn to the scene of the dis turbance mcguire's attempts to remonstrate with the defendant were rebuffed after which the crowd was dispersed by personal appeal to the members the de fendant's name was given to the dean of students the following day the defendant expressed sur prise that he was called be fore the committee it was a childish thing to do that night and i realize now that i made a mis take but i had forgotten about it 15 minutes later it didn't seem that important we frequently have mild pep rallies or gatherings around the dorms explained head resident mcguire and so usually i make no effort to stop them this one seemed to be picking up too much momentum and rather than let it get out of hand i went outside to break it up when approached by mcguire the defendant refused to identify himself and denied he attended Ã¼b by unanimous decision of the judiciary committee the suspen sion was revoked but the student was fined 15 and suspended from student activities for the remain der of the school year the court concurred with mr mcguire in observing that while there is a proper time and place for pep rallies and song fests the tower parking lot at 2 am is not one of them because similar demonstra tions have occurred previously does not mean that we should con done their repetition was the expression of the court's opinion the judiciary also started an investigation of the incident in volving alleged misbehavior of ub students at bucknell but has postponed decision on the case until more information has been gathered wing officers are named the afrotc has just an nounced the appointment of cadet lt col franklin a hurliman to the post of unit wing commander other advanced corps cadets ap pointed to the new wing staff and their ranks are as follows cadet major aloisius s grikis deputy commander cadet major w lantry janecek director of administration cadet major ro bert f mullen director of opera tions cadet major ronald s tec ler director of personnel cadet capt roger p kruzicki director of material cadet major russell l sanders commander 576 th group cadet major michael j suhalla commander 577 th group cadet 1/lt joseph g swick di rector of information services and cadet 1/lt paul c dippert provost marshal n senate action is explained the student senate does not sit in judgment on fellow students accused of misconduct as the legislative branch of the student government it appoints the stu dent judiciary and can recommend cases to the judiciary but the actual judicial functions are exer cised only by the judiciary itself apparently as a result of the budknell incident in which the student action recommended ac tion by the judiciary some mis understanding arose on the auth ority of the senate theodore m procas senate president said he pointed out that the bucknell misconduct cases were brought to the attention of the senate by dean siggelkow because they in volved the good name of the entire student body and charges brought by bucknell's dean charles a meyn mr procas added that the sen ate action then was solely advisory with the recommendation for ju dicial action which was left to the student judiciary mr procas statement follows there has developed this past week considerable con fusion on the relationship be tween the student senate and the student judiciary the only relationship that exists in accordance with ar ticle 1 section 1 of the by-laws of the student judiciary is two judges shall be appoint ed by the executive commit tee of iln student senate with ratification by the stud ent senate in addition to this the sen ate may recommend that the judiciary take action in cases involving student misconduct which the judiciary may or may not accept section 2.e in view of these stipulations in the constitution it is clear that the senate has appointive powers but no power of juris diction the legislative branch is completely divorced from the judicial branch the presi dent ot the student associ ation does not preside over meetings of the judiciary al though he has the authority to call for a meeting he will have no judicial authority in determining the guilt or in nocence of any individuals both the student senate and the officers of the student association have complete confidence that the innocence or guilt of those accused will be determined fairly the administration also has indicated this confidence by allowing students to handle their own cases the senate and the administration i am positive will respect the deci sions of the student judiciary year book picture deadline announced the buffalonian announced that all senior portrait proofs must be returned to the photographer by nov 13th also if you did not get your picture taken for the year book and desire to do so you may make an appointment for a sitting o later than monday continued on page 5

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the spectrum complete ompus overage university of buffalo friday october 30 1959 number 6 volume 10 homecoming queen honored chancellor furnas greets linda benson lee carlson is appointed house committee chairman the first major decision of the student union board this year was to name a house committee the committee which controls the use of the physical facilities of norton hall while faced with five applicants for house committee chairman it was pointed out by board president jim riley at a meeting monday that only one met all the require ments of the constitution this being the case lee carlson the only constitution al candidate was appointed chairman and the other four names were approved as can didates for vice chairman of the house committee the next major item involved the appointment of this year's sil ver ball committee the board named a chairman and ten com mhtee members from those appli cants that were qualified these names will be released in a forth coming issue pending notification of the appointees following these two items there was a discussion of the union board's invitation pol icy to the major school dances silver ball homecom ing and spring weekend it was stated that approximate ly 100 complimentary tickets were presented to the students the board is now clarifying its policy and will publish it in entirety in the near future as a last bit of business the board considered the plans for the six members going to the regional association of college unions con ference in new york city the sub-committee personnel named by student senate the student senate has an nounced its sub-committees for this year as follows finance chairman norman pawlewski janice kruszynski and bill daniels student activity chairman connie kopler beth marsley ma rianne hasler berry berlin helen luloff helen hosay martin pack ard and richard adams elections chairman myron woldman david schmidt carl snitzer trudi genco donald fo resta florence martin charles magowitz jerry sekula donald starkey sandra hamsher law rence newhouse art mass mi chael unterueger and paul evans national student association steering dick mardirosian co ordinator william brennison ka thy gee karen schorb lance fogan jan riley frank wolfisch student public relations chair man theresa danko rick ganter dorene lyon margery barden sybil parker leon buczkowski micki levine shelley finesmith enid friedman bob giaguinto leslie foschio joyce rosen dave cohen carol bernhardt and pat hasenstab student academic affairs chairman gina wilson christa prugel ed mattar barry weber margaret finch student welfare jack freed man bob friedman marilyn hu gan jean manto and joan conroy general grounds chairman al walker anthony catanzaro nan cy millerschoen eugene tulich and chuck hudson members of the secretariat are chairman liz goering sandra johnson and sharon walters subjects hail linda benson at homecoming linda benson a lovely brown-eyed blonde was named homecoming queen for 1959 last friday linda was crowned at the dance held in norton hall by camille aver saro and debbie londers last year's court a graduate of mount st mary's academy linda is enrolled in the medical technology course linda said she entered the contest at the request of friends i never believed i had a chance she commented phyllis clement one of the al ternates is a graduate of st mary's seminary and hopes to be a math major patricia erker also an alternate is working to ward a physical education major patricia also graduated from mount st mary's academy the queen and her court reigned during the gala homecoming weekend highlights included the football game where linda was crowned by chancellor furnas and the alumni coffee hour after the game the weekend ended with the homecoming dance held at klein nans saturday night here the queen was presented with a silver bowl as a momento of her reign summing up her impressions linda said that it was a great honor to be chosen and it af forded her an opportunity to de velop closer relationships with the other contestants the other eight contestants were bunnie baumann patricia hasen stah beverly hauser karen kra mer maryana ksieniewich ly nore leone linda liftlander and rosanna segina student is fined 15 after tower rally by anthony drake a bunch of boys were whooping it up outside the tower dorm at two in the morning of october 25th this wednes day evening minus the whoop one of the leaders of the group faced punitive action from the five-man student judiciary committee charged with assisting in the creation of an unnecessary and unseemly disturbance the stud ent a senior in the school of arts and sciences was under tempor ary suspension pending the com mittee's decision specifically on the night in question head resident mcguire was awakened by a group of 20 to 30 students carolling lustily outside the tower dorm and cooke hall drawn to the scene of the dis turbance mcguire's attempts to remonstrate with the defendant were rebuffed after which the crowd was dispersed by personal appeal to the members the de fendant's name was given to the dean of students the following day the defendant expressed sur prise that he was called be fore the committee it was a childish thing to do that night and i realize now that i made a mis take but i had forgotten about it 15 minutes later it didn't seem that important we frequently have mild pep rallies or gatherings around the dorms explained head resident mcguire and so usually i make no effort to stop them this one seemed to be picking up too much momentum and rather than let it get out of hand i went outside to break it up when approached by mcguire the defendant refused to identify himself and denied he attended Ã¼b by unanimous decision of the judiciary committee the suspen sion was revoked but the student was fined 15 and suspended from student activities for the remain der of the school year the court concurred with mr mcguire in observing that while there is a proper time and place for pep rallies and song fests the tower parking lot at 2 am is not one of them because similar demonstra tions have occurred previously does not mean that we should con done their repetition was the expression of the court's opinion the judiciary also started an investigation of the incident in volving alleged misbehavior of ub students at bucknell but has postponed decision on the case until more information has been gathered wing officers are named the afrotc has just an nounced the appointment of cadet lt col franklin a hurliman to the post of unit wing commander other advanced corps cadets ap pointed to the new wing staff and their ranks are as follows cadet major aloisius s grikis deputy commander cadet major w lantry janecek director of administration cadet major ro bert f mullen director of opera tions cadet major ronald s tec ler director of personnel cadet capt roger p kruzicki director of material cadet major russell l sanders commander 576 th group cadet major michael j suhalla commander 577 th group cadet 1/lt joseph g swick di rector of information services and cadet 1/lt paul c dippert provost marshal n senate action is explained the student senate does not sit in judgment on fellow students accused of misconduct as the legislative branch of the student government it appoints the stu dent judiciary and can recommend cases to the judiciary but the actual judicial functions are exer cised only by the judiciary itself apparently as a result of the budknell incident in which the student action recommended ac tion by the judiciary some mis understanding arose on the auth ority of the senate theodore m procas senate president said he pointed out that the bucknell misconduct cases were brought to the attention of the senate by dean siggelkow because they in volved the good name of the entire student body and charges brought by bucknell's dean charles a meyn mr procas added that the sen ate action then was solely advisory with the recommendation for ju dicial action which was left to the student judiciary mr procas statement follows there has developed this past week considerable con fusion on the relationship be tween the student senate and the student judiciary the only relationship that exists in accordance with ar ticle 1 section 1 of the by-laws of the student judiciary is two judges shall be appoint ed by the executive commit tee of iln student senate with ratification by the stud ent senate in addition to this the sen ate may recommend that the judiciary take action in cases involving student misconduct which the judiciary may or may not accept section 2.e in view of these stipulations in the constitution it is clear that the senate has appointive powers but no power of juris diction the legislative branch is completely divorced from the judicial branch the presi dent ot the student associ ation does not preside over meetings of the judiciary al though he has the authority to call for a meeting he will have no judicial authority in determining the guilt or in nocence of any individuals both the student senate and the officers of the student association have complete confidence that the innocence or guilt of those accused will be determined fairly the administration also has indicated this confidence by allowing students to handle their own cases the senate and the administration i am positive will respect the deci sions of the student judiciary year book picture deadline announced the buffalonian announced that all senior portrait proofs must be returned to the photographer by nov 13th also if you did not get your picture taken for the year book and desire to do so you may make an appointment for a sitting o later than monday continued on page 5